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Alexander Graham Bell

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Invented the telephone

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George Washington Carver

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Introduced crop rotation in the south

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Joseph Farwell Glidded

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invented barbed wire

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Elicia Otis

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Invented the safety elevator

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Christopher Sholes

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Invented the commercial practical typewriter

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Name three inventions by Thomas Edison

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Motion picture machine, photograph, incandescent lightbulb

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Louis Wallace

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Author of ben her; a tale of Christ

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Black Hills

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Gold was discovered here and lead conflict with sioux nation

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Sheldon Jackson

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Missionary to Alaska

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crazy horse

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chief that led the sioux war party against George Armstrong Custer

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Mel Trotter

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Founded 67 rescue missions in the US

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Samuel Gompers

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Organize the first successful national labor union

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Chester Arthur

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during his presidency, the pendieton civil service act

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Charles Monroe Sheldon

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Author of in his steps

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local color

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Type of writing that tells a story using, the scenery, customs, and dialect

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Booker T. Washington

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Gave the Atlanta compromise speech

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John Robling

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started the Brooklyn Bridge project

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Dwight L. Moody

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Founded the Bible Institute for advanced training of Christian workers

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homestead act

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The reason the great plans were further settled

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Gover Cleveland

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The first democratic president after the Civil War

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Oliver Hudson Kelly

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Founded the Grange

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populist party

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The free coinage of silver was the main issue of this

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Sherman antitrust

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The law that set a precedent for government regulation of business

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Nikola Tesla

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develop the alternating current and became a competitor to Thomas Edison

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segregation

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The policy that separated people based on their skin color

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1871

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The year that Chicago was destroyed by a fire

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John D. Rockorfeller

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Found the standard oil company of Ohio

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what did Thomas Edison believe in

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Hard work

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Wyoming

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The first state to give full political privileges to women

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Wainwright building

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The structure was the first to use in all steel frame successfully

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Gold

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Became the only standard form of money in the 1900s

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Sir Henry Bessemer

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Developed an inexpensive method for turning iron into steel

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Oklahoma territory

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The final territory to be settled in the west

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Wounded knee massacre

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became the symbol of mistreatment of native Americans

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1869

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Transcontinental railroad was completed

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1893

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Year Chicago held the world fair

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The first center of skyscraper architect was in what city

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Chicago

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Andrew Carnagie

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Largest steel company in the world was owned by him

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Dawes Act

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gave land to the indigenous

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John Philip Sousa

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Known as the march king

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James Garfield

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Won the election with the closest popular vote victory in history

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Centennial state

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Colorado

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Referendum

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The political process that allows the citizens to vote directly on a proposed law

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Hull house

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found it by James Adams

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immigrant who came from southern and eastern Europe during 1800s were________.

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New

46
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Exodus of 1879

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The Westward migration of several thousands freed men

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John Hopkins

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The medical school that was first to practice extensive medical research

48
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Know these locations:

Carson City, Colorado, Rio Grande, Helena, Arizona, Mount Rainier, Sierra Nevada, Sacramento, Bearing St., Columbia river

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